King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) is pleased to announce the continued strategic expansion of the Hong Kong office with two lateral counsel hires and one internal counsel promotion.
- Tony Chow (Restructuring & Insolvency): Tony represents investors, private equity funds, listed companies, insolvency practitioners and financial institutions in complex restructurings, corporate insolvencies, shareholder disputes and cross-border litigation and arbitration. He is a litigator with over a decade of experience advising clients on high-profile financial distress situations and handling “bet the company” disputes. Tony joined on 1 August.
- Winnie Chan (Funds): Winnie advises sponsors, managers, sovereign wealth funds and institutional investors on the structuring, formation and operations of investment funds, as well as fund investments across North America, Europe and Asia. Winnie’s practice also includes advising on co-investments, secondary transactions, carried interest arrangements and fund restructurings. Her experience spans a broad range of sectors including private equity, venture capital, real estate, infrastructure, debt, hospitality and health care sectors. Winnie joins on 8 August.
- Connie Wong (Corporate & Securities): Connie represents listed companies, PRC enterprises (both state-owned and private) on cross-border acquisitions and divestments of equity interests and assets, post-IPO public offerings, public investment funds, private equity investments, and complex joint ventures. She also advises on securities regulatory compliance matters and regularly works with regulators. Connie was promoted to Counsel on 1 July.
The above expansion follows the promotion of 13 senior associates in the Hong Kong office on 1 July. The newly promoted Senior Associates include:
- Michelle Bi, Corporate
- Angela Chung, Corporate
- Fiona Cheung, Corporate
- Rocky Cheung, Equity Capital Markets
- Chester Li, Equity Capital Markets
- Kevin Ka Wai Ng, Equity Capital Markets
- Stephanie Pui, Corporate
- Iris Shaw, Dispute Resolution
- Helen Shum, Banking & Finance
- Kellie Tse, Banking & Finance
- Sunny Kar Kei Wong, Corporate
- Violet Wong, Banking & Finance
- Derek Yu, Equity Capital Markets
Hao Zhou and Hayden Flinn, Co-Chief Executives of KWM Hong Kong commented,
"Investing in growth areas such as cross-border restructuring through selective lateral recruitment and developing our home-grown talent remains a two-pillar commitment of the firm's long-term priority. This group of next generation lawyers have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments and a strong commitment to the firm's values, client focused approach and culture. Our pipeline of future leaders positions us to grow our business and to support clients to navigate the best paths as they execute their business goals in the region and globally."
Any reference to "Hong Kong" or "Hong Kong SAR" shall be construed as a reference to "Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China".
